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The Game of Language. Studies in Game-Theoretical Semantics and Its Applications.
Jaakko Hintikka
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. BIC Classification: CFA. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 551.
Since the first chapter of this book presents an intro duction to the present state of game-theoretical semantics (GTS), there is no point in giving a briefer survey here. Instead, it may be helpful to indicate what this volume attempts to do. The first chapter gives a short intro duction to GTS and a survey of what is has accomplished. Chapter 2 puts the enterprise of GTS into new philo sophical perspective by relating its basic ideas to Kant's phi losophy of mathematics, space, and time. Chapters 3-6 are samples of GTS's accomplishments in understanding different kinds of semantical phenomena, ... Read more
Since the first chapter of this book presents an intro duction to the present state of game-theoretical semantics (GTS), there is no point in giving a briefer survey here. Instead, it may be helpful to indicate what this volume attempts to do. The first chapter gives a short intro duction to GTS and a survey of what is has accomplished. Chapter 2 puts the enterprise of GTS into new philo sophical perspective by relating its basic ideas to Kant's phi losophy of mathematics, space, and time. Chapters 3-6 are samples of GTS's accomplishments in understanding different kinds of semantical phenomena, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Language
English
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027719508
SKU
V9789027719508
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About Jaakko Hintikka
Jaakko Hintikka is the author or co-author of thirty volumes and of some 300 scholarly articles in mathematical and philosophical logic, epistemology, language theory, philosophy of science, history of ideas and history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Peirce, The Bloomsbury Group, Husserl and Wittgenstein. He has also been active in international scholarly organizations, most recently as the First ... Read more
Reviews for The Game of Language. Studies in Game-Theoretical Semantics and Its Applications.
`... required reading for philosophers of language and theoretical linguistics.' Canadian Philosophical Reviews